The rank of Sirdar () – a variant of
Sardar – was assigned to the
British Commander-in-Chief of the
British-controlled Egyptian Army in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Sirdar resided at the Sirdaria, a three-block-long property in
Zamalek which was also the home of British military intelligence in
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
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List of officeholders
References
Military ranks of Egypt
Military history of Egypt
Military history of the British Empire
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